This post is for product people who are new to project management. In my last post I touched on project management tools. What are some available frameworks and tools that can help us manage projects? Here are a sampling of common frameworks and associated tools. Your mileage may vary. As … Read More

The Lean Startup / Customer Development, as most startup people know, was started by Eric Ries (author of “The Lean Startup“) and Steve Blank (author of “The Four Steps to the Epiphany” and “The Startup Owner’s Manual“. The basic tenet of Customer Development is to invest heavily in customer research … Read More

Lately I found myself in the middle of a discussion with a client about which web platform / architecture to choose for a new SaaS project. The web app itself is eminently doable on any platform, and is not all that scary from a technical difficulty standpoint. The client is … Read More

This post is about how to iterate on UI and deliver a stunning user experience to end users on a shoestring budget. The secret is to do it the old fashioned way: wireframe it first, then make compositions, then test the storyboards with users, then code it up. I’ve been … Read More

As the year draws to a close, it’s time to reflect upon the good, the bad and the ugly in this year. We did a really cool segmentation and ethnography project that helped define buyer and user personas. That was great fun. We did a bunch of pricing research on … Read More